Book-cover



(No Model.)

G. W. HOLDEN.

BOOK COVER.

Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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GEORGE WARREN HOLDEN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOK-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,575, dated April26, 1892.

Application filed May 6, 1891. Serial No. 391,732 (No model.)

To all whom it nwty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WARREN HoL- DEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBook- Oovers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters andg ures of reference marked thereon,which forms a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in book-covers, the features ofwhich will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of -Iny invention is the adaptation of a paper cover to booksvarying somewhat in size by using a blank of one piece of paper providedwith a false back attached to the inner surface thereof near the center.

I accomplish the object bythe construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which there is but one View, and that a plan.

The illustration represents the cover as it will generally be preparedfor the trade.

A is a paper blank comprising two unequal halves transversely, the rightbeing slightly longer than the left, but somewhat similarin generalcontour.

D D are the top end flaps, E E the lower end flaps, and O C the sideflaps.

B is an oblong square piece of paper, a part being broken away, and ispasted to the blank a little to the left of the center. The top end isfree and has a series of lines S across its face to indicate the pointsof folding the same in turning the end down to adapt the same todifferent lengths of books. The end flaps only are gummed, as indicatedby dotted lines at 1 and 2. The lower end of the blank is notched onlyto the depth of the flaps. The upper notch 3 is deep, and the portion ofa book extending beyond the bottom of said notch is covered by the falseback. The flap E is pasted to the side flap C.

To place the cover on a book, turn the free end of the false back downto correspond to the length of the book, place the left lid in the angleof the cover, close the book and get the point at which the right flapmust be turned down, break the paper and turn the flap down against theinside of the lid, then moisten and close down the lower flap to theright and the two flaps at the top and the covering is perfected. Thedotted lines F show the position of a book when inclosed; but thisposition will be somewhat changed as the sizes vary.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a book-cover, the blank A, provided with the notch 3 at the top, thetop end flaps D D, bottom end flaps E E, and side flaps C O, incombination with the false back 15, secured to the inner surface of saidblank and provided with a free end to cover said notch and to adapt thesame to books of varying lengths, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE IVARREN HOLDEN.

Witnesses:

B. PICKERING, GEORGE H. W001).

